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Check out this mosaic artwork, created with seeds by students in Religious Explorations. The children are exploring the interdependency of life as R.E. spends summer in the garden. “Earth” is the theme for this coming Sunday, July 10, and features the process of composting. Cynthia M. Parkhill Administrative coordinator Religious Explorations
Over the summer, Religious Explorations embarks on its garden program, with each week’s theme honoring the interdependency of life. On Sunday, July 3, the focus will be on “Roots.” Families, we encourage you to discuss with your children, “What helps you feel rooted?” (As a reminder, there is no “Story for All Ages” during summer … Continue reading Religious Explorations spends summer in garden
This is my last President’s post as I am handing the gavel to …? I want to thank my fellow Board members and the Congregation for the opportunity to serve as your president for the past two years. This position has changed me. I have a greater appreciation for our community and increased self-confidence. I … Continue reading President’s Post: Time to pass the gavel
It wasn’t planned this way, but I assembled and hung this banner, depicting the names of famous Unitarian Universalists, during May with its Soul Matters emphasis on the subject of “Tradition.”
Sunday, May 29, marks the last “Time for All Ages” until Sunday, Sept. 4. The church Worship Team does not produce a “Time for All Ages” during the summer months. Effective Sunday, June 5, children will go directly to their Religious Explorations classrooms at the beginning of Sunday services.
Here’s a look at services taking place in May 2016. Services take place at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday in RVUUF’s Great Hall. Gathering music begins at 10:25 a.m.
Religious Explorations needs donations of hard-boiled eggs for a children’s Easter celebration. We are asking that adults please bring hard-boiled eggs with them to church on March 20. (Please contact lead teacher Liz Bianco in advance via RVUUF’s contact form, so that we have an idea of how many eggs are being donated.) The eggs … Continue reading Religious Explorations needs hard-boiled eggs
Here’s a reminder that children go directly to their classrooms this Sunday, Jan. 31, at RVUUF. There will not be a “Time for All Ages” in the worship hall. Remember too, that the service is expected to last longer than usual, until about noon. As part of creating a new unified mission for RVUUF, its … Continue reading Children go directly to classes on Jan. 31
During Religious Explorations classes on Sunday, the pre-kindergarten to second grade had a lesson in Integrity through the story of “Strega Nona” acted out and expressed through art. While Strega Nona is away, her assistant uses her magic pot to make spaghetti. But he can’t make it stop and the spaghetti overruns the town. … Continue reading ‘Strega Nona’ and lesson in Integrity
Parents, your children are being asked to share their ideas for a unified mission for RVUUF. Three questions for RVUUF’s young people have been posted as a PDF document to RVUUFian Parents on Facebook. Paper copies will be available this coming Sunday, Jan. 24. Children can think about and write out or draw their answers … Continue reading Children’s vision for mission of RVUUF
